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Members of the 34th contingent of the Cheonghae Unit who tested positive for COVID-19 while onboard the 4,400-ton ROKS Munmu the Great get off the Republic of Korea Air Force’s KC-330 multirole aerial tanker at Seoul Air Base on Tuesday. (Kang Chang-kwang/The Hankyoreh)

Members of South Korea’s 34th contingent of the Cheonghae Unit, which was hit by a cluster infection of COVID-19, returned home Tuesday in the Republic of Korea Air Force’s KC-330 multirole aerial tanker.

A KC-330 multirole aerial tanker carrying members of the 34th contingent of the Cheonghae Unit taxis on a runway at the Seoul Air Base on Tuesday. (Kang Chang-kwang/The Hankyoreh)

They were transferred to military hospitals and treatment centers immediately upon arrival for further testing and treatment.

Members of the 34th contingent of the Cheonghae Unit who tested positive for COVID-19 while onboard the 4,400-ton ROKS Munmu the Great get off the Republic of Korea Air Force’s KC-330 multirole aerial tanker at Seoul Air Base on Tuesday. (Kang Chang-kwang/The Hankyoreh)

The 34th contingent of the Cheonghae Unit had to cease its operations due to a cluster infection of COVID-19 that had affected 270 out of 301 crew members at last count.

By Kang Chang-kwang, staff photographer

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